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It’s Official: Microsoft to Offer Windows 7 “Family Pack”

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Households that have multiple computers will be able to buy Windows 7 at a discount, Microsoft revealed in a blog posting yesterday–confirming recent rumors. “We have heard a lot of feedback from beta testers and enthusiasts over the last 3 years that we need a better solution for homes with multiple PCs,” according to the [...]

Mac Clonemaker Psystar Files for Bankruptcy

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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The second-largest manufacturer of OS X computers on the planet can’t pay its bills, which will make it tough to defend itself against Apple’s lawsuit: Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida, temporarily slowing down Apple’s legal case against it. The filing may be an indication that the company’s [...]

Chrome for the Mac: Still Waiting!

Monday, May 4, 2009

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It’s been seven months now since Google released its Chrome browser for Windows and said that versions for OS X and Linux were in the works. In the time since then, Chrome has become the browser I turn to first when I’m using Windows. And when I’m using a Mac? Well, I spend a fair [...]

Four More “Get a Mac” Ads, No Direct “Laptop Hunters” Rejoinders

Sunday, April 19, 2009

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Back on Friday, I wondered if we’d ever see Apple’s “Get a Mac” guys again, and speculated that they’d either come back with a direct response to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters spots or stay away for good. Which just goes to show that even the most innocuous speculating about Apple is likely to be wrong. The [...]

Microsoft’s New “Apple Tax” Charts: Hey, They Look Familiar!

Friday, April 10, 2009

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After I finished writing about the oddities and errors in the white paper Microsoft released today about the so-called “Apple Tax,” I read a post on the same topic by Joe Wilcox over at eWeek. He said the charts in the paper, which is credited to Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies, looked vaguely familiar. They [...]

Microsoft Does the Math on the “Apple Tax.” Badly.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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As I said in my post last Sunday on Microsoft’s “Laptop Hunter” ads, it’s unrealistic to expect TV commercials to contribute to a thoughtful discussion of anything. An exercise in comparison shopping between Windows and PCs that takes place in a sixty-second Microsoft commercial just isn’t going to be fair and balanced, any more than [...]

5Words for March 6th, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

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Not a huge news day: Snow Leopard: June eighth? Maybe! Buggy Firefox gets fixed fast. Robert Scoble leaves Fast Company. GameStop mocks Amazon resale program. Craigslist sued over prostitution ads. Unauthorized iPhone software stores emerge. Palm investor has high hopes. TV converter box coupons return. Washington types bash BlackBerry Storm. MacBook Pro graphics card woes? Chinese officials are chatting online. 32-gig SD cards arrive. Apple is going increasingly [...]

Palm’s Pre Gambit and the Joy of Starting Over

Monday, January 12, 2009

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My apologies if you think I’m overcovering Palm’s Pre smartphone here, but it’s not just a promising device that runs a promising operating system. It also represents a brave attempt at starting from scratch–something almost no technology company ever does. Hardwarewise, the Pre looks nothing like a Treo. It doesn’t run PalmOS apps. The user interface [...]

Two Things About the Apple Tax: It Doesn’t Just Apply to Apple, and It Isn’t a Tax

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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In a move that’s apparently a new tradition, Microsoft is once again helpfully assisting reporters ready themselves for whatever news Apple will reveal this morning by talking up the idea of an “Apple Tax.” The idea is based on the undeniably-true proposition that you can buy Windows PCs with better specs than Macs for a [...]